wsesys.PNGI remember the first poem I ever heard the author read. It was entitled, “Take off Your Clothes and Walk Into the Arthropod Wildfire.” The title alone is a poem and the poem is one of my favorites in When Severed Ears Sing You Songs.

Every poem possesses a unique set of imagery unlike any work I have ever read. The chapbook was released on February 2017 and many people in the Buffalo community, and even outside of it, were excited upon the release. As a writer/poet myself, this work has been a huge influence towards my own, along with much of Justin’s brilliant masterpieces. (more…)